Rehabilitation

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Check out Robby’s latest PodCast on Therapeutic Exercises

Therapeutic Exercise Programs Podcast at Dr. Megan Kelly’s Continued Professional Development for the Veterinary Rehab Therapist webinar site.

Professional Conference Lectures and/or Labs

August 19-21, 2020

11th Symposium of the International Associate of Veterinary Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy

Robby will be lecturing on

  • Concepts and goals for training exercises through positive reinforcement
  • Injury Prevention in the Canine Athlete

July 30 – August 3, 2018
International Associate of Veterinary Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy

Robby lectured and conducted a 1/2 day lab on Canine Core Strengthening Exercises

Robert Porter has leveraged his education and experience helping thousands of rehabilitation patients to create the It’s Possible Canine Conditioning system.  Here is a peek at some of the work he is doing with rehabilitation patients.


GAIT4Dog Walkway System / Gait Evaluation

What is the GAIT4Dog walkway system? Well, to put it lightly, it’s the most technological and complex carpet you will ever let your dog walk on:)  The It’s Possible Walkway is 12’ of seemingly ordinary carpet that houses 1/2” square pressure sensors that when paired with the Gait4DOG software become a very valuable and informative tool to evaluate gait in dogs.

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Slow Motion Video / Gait Evaluation

Robby also does gait evaluation on dogs using slow motion video analysis.


Effective Exercises After IVDD Treatment

by Rosanne Krupka Peters, DVM, CVA, DACVIM (Neurology)
and Robert J Porter, Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner

Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) is a very common problem neurological, surgery and physical rehabilitation practitioners see in practice. Even more so is the patient with a lesion at or around the T/L junction (mid-back). This can affect many breeds…  continue reading…


Hip Flips for Neurologic Recovery


Under Water Treadmill Exercise


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